#FAF559#FAF559

#FAF559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.172 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF559
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.46, -16.40, 72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.46, 74.52, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.66% -0.0516 0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(94.66% 0.172 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.8825, 86.3524, 22.2251)
Luminance	0.8635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF559 #595EFA

analogous

#FAA559 #FAF559 #AFFA59

triadic

#FAF559 #59FAF5 #F559FA

tetradic

#FAF559 #59FAA5 #595EFA #FA59AF

square

#FAF559 #59FAA5 #595EFA #FA59AF

split-complementary

#FAF559 #59AFFA #A559FA

monochromatic

#D2CC06 #F8F11E #FAF559 #FCF994 #FEFCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.27

#FAF559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF559

18.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF559	1.00	1.15	18.27	18.27
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.172 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff88f',
    500: '#faf559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf559;
$custom-light: #fff88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.137,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94662,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF559

secondary

#2A2FCD

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF559

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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